Death By Drowning
At the conclusion of an inquiry yesterday into the death of Robert Craddock, 16, an orphan, and an inmate of the Gosford Training School, the…
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Trains in Collision Ten Passengers Hurt at Wyong Railway Station
When two special race trains collided at the Wyong railway station at 4 p.m. on Tuesday, ten passengers were hurt. With…
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Mr. C. J. Staples, District Coroner, returned a verdict of accidental death at the conclusion of the inquiry, at The Entrance, into the death of…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Woodchop Competitor Injured at Show
Les Deaves, of Wyong Creek, suffered a deep gash in his left leg on Saturday' while competing in the woodchopping contest at the Wyong…
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Mr. A. Baird of Point Clare, by letter on Tuesday night drew the Municipal Council's attention to the, gutter on the footpath at Point Clare…
Continued on Trove, page 2 →One Dead and Four Injured In Tragic Motor Smash Party Was Returning From Ourimbah Dance
A young man is dead and four others are moreor less seriously injured as the result of a motor accident on the Pacific Highway a mile north of Gosford, on Friday night…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →MR. S.L. Gardner Hurt in Farm Accident Fractured Shoulder
Mr. S. L. Gardner, M.P. for Robertson, is recovering from a fractured shoulder received in an accident on his farm…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Man Drowned at Toowoon Bay Body Found In Surf
Ten minutes after Herbert George Artlett arrived at Toowoon Bay for a holiday, he was found drowned. Thomas Ernest White, a Police Constable, of Sydney, and Neville Irwin, a fisherman, of Toowoon Bay, found…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Men Injured in Highway Smash Truck Overturned
Two men were seriously injured when a motor truck overturned on the Pacific Highway two miles south of the Mooney…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Accidents to Children on Roads
Requests have been made by several country branches of the Road Safety Council branches of the Road peal should be made to all parents…
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Mrs. Norma Jones, 24, of Roley Street, Camperdown, was standing near the wicket during the progress of a…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Car in Flames Accident On Peat's Ferry
Consternation prevailed among motorists on the vehicular ferry at Peat's Ferry on Easter Monday when a motor car which had just moved…
Continued on Trove, page 3 →Accidental Death Verdict Youth Killed In Highway Tragedy
A verdict of accidental death was returned by the Newcastle Coroner (Mr. Chiplin) at the Gosford Court House on Wednesday, when he conducted an inquiry into the death of Vincent Donald Wright, 20, quarry…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Two Fingers Torn From Left Hand Accident With Tree-pulling Machine
Albert King, of Terrigal, had two fingers torn from his left band yesterday afternoon whilst working a tree-pulling machine on his farm,…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Straying Stock Causes Accidents Road Safety Council Report
Reports of road accidents throughout the State show that there is noticeable increase in those caused by straying stock on the streets of…
Continued on Trove, page 7 →Old Man Found Drowned at Woy Woy Police Search Lasts Three Days
After Gosford and Woy Woy Police had searched for three days for Josiah Hughes, a retired coal miner, of Ocean Beach, Woy Woy, his body…
Continued on Trove, page 1 →Struck by Car Horseman Injured
Mr. Roy Ward, of Gosford, suffered a fractured leg and collarbone when he was struck by a motor car whilst riding a horse at MacDonald's…
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Mr. Reuben M Dunban, about 73, estate; agent, of Woy Woy, had his leg severed above the ankle when he slipped while boarding a railway…
Continued on Trove, page 4 →Highway Fatality Car Driver Faces Two Charges
Leslie Carroll, of Wyoming, appeared in the Gosford Police Court on Friday to face charges of driving while under the influence of liquor…
Continued on Trove, page 6 →Truck Plunges Into Lake Driver Seriously Injured
Cecil George Wilson, 23, single, of Terrigal, was seriously injured on Saturday night, when a utility truck he was driving in the direction of…
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